László Szabó (2 November 1953 – August 2016) was a
Hungarian sprint canoeist
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who competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He won a bronze medal in the K-4 10000 m at the
1979 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in
Duisburg
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. Szabó also finished eighth in the
K-2 500 m event at the
1980 Summer Olympics
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in
Moscow
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.
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László Szabó's profile at Sports Reference.comLászló Szabó's obituary
1953 births
2016 deaths
Canoeists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Hungarian male canoeists
Olympic canoeists for Hungary
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
20th-century Hungarian sportsmen
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